Chapter 528 Tangyuan
Jiang Feng had no idea how obvious a woman's taste would change during pregnancy. After all, his wife wasn't pregnant yet, no, to be more precise, he didn't have a wife yet.
But since Zhao Mei's taste changed drastically due to her pregnancy and she wanted to eat sweets like glutinous rice and lotus root, Jiang Feng could only make the glutinous rice balls sweeter.
Traditional black sesame glutinous rice balls are not troublesome to make, but it is a bit difficult to adjust the filling because it is difficult to control the sweetness. If you add too little sugar, it won’t taste like glutinous rice balls. If you add too much sugar, you’ll get tired of it if you eat a few. Fortunately, the glutinous rice balls this time are made for Zhao Mei. You don’t have to worry about adding sugar, just sprinkle the sugar. .
The Jiang family customarily adds some lard to the filling of glutinous rice balls. I don’t know why glutinous rice balls with lard are less greasy than glutinous rice balls without lard. Ten kilograms of glutinous rice balls require a large amount of lard. This year, Jiangjia's pork is in short supply, and lard is also out of stock. When frying cabbage, rapeseed oil is used instead of lard, causing the fried cabbage to lose some color. Less fragrance.
In order to get enough lard, Jiang Feng went to Li Cuihua's house next door and borrowed a bowl of lard. It was like borrowing lard and paying back dumplings. Zhao Liang (Li Cuihua's grandson) wanted to give Jiang Feng the entire pot of lard at home.
Everything is ready, just need to start work.
Speaking of glutinous rice balls, many people will immediately think of Yuanxiao. Rice dumplings are eaten in the south, while Yuanxiao is eaten in the north. They may sound like the same thing but the methods are actually different.
Chen Zhisui once gave a key description of glutinous rice balls in "Zai Jing Tang Collection·Jiangnan Jingshi Poems·Festival Poems": they are all round and longan, and it takes effort to eat them. Mix the clouds and scoop out the water from the silver vat, scoop out the snow and gently rub it against the skin of your jade palms. Push the white duck into the soup pot, take out the sugar bowl and roll the yellow beads. Every winter solstice, every family cooks, do you know if the one-year-old Qiantian is there?
This poem is very easy to understand. It mainly wants to express the feeling of eating glutinous rice balls, which are soft and round.
Making glutinous rice balls is a bit like making dumplings, except that you don’t need a rolling pin and rely on squeezing and kneading to shape them. Yuanxiao is made by bumping and rolling. You need to dip the filling into glutinous rice flour and roll it repeatedly until the surface is smooth and does not crack when bumped. A good Yuanxiao can't find any adhesive spots on the surface, which is a masterpiece of craftsmanship.
The ruthless glutinous rice ball-making machine Jiang Feng sat in the kitchen making glutinous rice balls alone. For Jiang Feng, making glutinous rice balls was much easier than making dumplings. When making dumplings, he would often be criticized by Brother De and Brother Cheng because the stuffing was not enough and the dumplings were not round enough. When making dumplings, he had no such concerns - Brother De and Brother Cheng didn't like to eat rice dumplings anyway.
Neither of them is generally interested in meatless and filling food.
As soon as Jiang Feng finished wrapping the glutinous rice balls, he packed more than a kilogram and sent them to the next door. The skin of the glutinous rice balls is very moist and sticky, making them difficult to preserve. The best way to preserve them is to make them fresh and eat them now.
After Jiang Feng sent the glutinous rice balls back, he put the remaining glutinous rice balls into fresh-keeping bags one by one, sealed them, and put them in the freezer of the refrigerator for quick freezing.
After taking care of everything, Jiang Feng walked to the living room, moved a small bench and joined everyone in making dumplings, listening to some gossip and eating melon.
This time the melon is the key person to visit tomorrow - Zhao Mei.
Because the person who handed out the melons was Grandma Jiang, everyone sat spread out with Grandma Jiang as the center and each brazier as the border. Although the old man was making dumplings and pretending that I was forced to sit here and listen to you talk about these trivial matters, he actually listened to every word. After hearing about the excitement, I even forgot to make dumplings. I just held the dumpling wrappers without filling them with fillings. I didn't realize it until the dumpling wrappers were almost dried by the brazier.
"My fifth daughter-in-law, you don't know. I was on the phone with Tian Lin some time ago, and Tian Lin was so worried. If you ask me, you can't marry your daughter too far away. If you are too far away, you won't be able to take care of her. Reply It’s troublesome to go home, and you can’t see her twice in a year. How can you not feel bad for her as a mother?” Grandma Jiang didn’t even make dumplings, she held the fifth aunt’s hand and sighed affectionately.
The fifth aunt present, who was the only one who gave birth to a daughter, felt the same and was about to burst into tears. She echoed: "Yes, this daughter is married far away, and what I feel most distressed about is becoming a mother."
"Furthermore, this kid Zhuang Shi has not been able to follow his mother since he was a child. Even though he was named Zhuang Shi, he didn't show how strong he is. He is not as good as Tian Lin when it comes to work, and Meimei doesn't have an older brother or younger brother to take care of her. Meimei, this kid I have had a good temper since I was a child, taking care of everyone, being gentle, and being loved by others outside. The phone call Tian Lin made to me some time ago really touched my heart. This girl should not be too soft-tempered and must be independent and strong. It’s actually not good to be too gentle,” Grandma Jiang sighed.
The fifth aunt nodded emotionally and agreed repeatedly: "Yes, girls should be raised..."
Then the fifth aunt silently glanced at Jiang Juanlian and Jiang Junqing, feeling that she had no right to speak and shut up.
Jiang Feng couldn't understand after eating for a long time, so he could only turn around and ask Jiang Junlian in a low voice: "What's wrong with Sister Meimei? Are you wronged?"
"I'm not wronged. It's just that Sister Meimei is about to give birth. During this time, she has a bad appetite and can't eat and has lost a lot of weight. My cousin is worried about this and that all day long. She feels that Sister Meimei can't eat because she was wronged by her husband's family. Jiang Juanlian whispered.
"When did Sister Meimei start being unable to eat?" Jiang Feng asked.
"It seems like last month, not long ago."
"Then when did Sister Meimei come back?"
“I’ll be back on National Day.”
Jiang Feng:...
My cousin's ability to associate is really rich.
"So, has Sister Meimei's husband come back?" Jiang Feng asked curiously.
"I'm back. I came back with Sister Meimei during the National Day. I left after the National Day. I came again years ago, and I'm still at my uncle's house now." Jiang Junlian shared the melon he had just eaten with Jiang Feng without reservation. "Actually, Sister Meimei and her father-in-law and mother-in-law came together during the National Day, but they didn't come during the Chinese New Year."
"Then what are you worried about?" Jiang Feng looked confused.
Because the two people's whispers were not quiet enough, Jiang Zaide, Jiang Shoucheng and Jiang Ran who were sitting next to them also heard the question and answer between Jiang Feng and Jiang Juanlian and joined the discussion group.
"You don't have to ask, I'm worried about Sister Meimei! Sister Meimei is so far away from Shanxi Province when she gets married, and her cousin is carsick, seasick, and airsick. Half of her life will be lost if she goes out. She must be worried if her cousin can't visit her often. Na." Jiang Shoucheng spoke first.
"No, if you are worried and don't call grandma to tell her, it must be that sister Mei Mei was bullied at her husband's house. She told her cousin when she came back to raise the baby, and her cousin complained to grandma." Jiang Zaide Logical and rigorous.
"Come on, Sister Meimei will still be bullied? Brother De, have you forgotten how Sister Meimei whipped the three of us at once with a bamboo stick when we were children? Grandma was still shouting next to her when we were whipped, and the few of us seemed to be just Xiaofeng has never been beaten by Sister Meimei." Jiang Ran overturned Jiang Zaide's argument on the spot, "Who can bully Sister Meimei?"
After Jiang Ran said this, Jiang Feng seemed to have some impressions. When he was a child, he seemed to have seen Zhao Mei beating three with one against three, chasing Jiang Zaide, Jiang Shoucheng and Jiang Ran all over the yard with bamboos. He forgot the specific reason. Anyway, it must be the three Jiang family members who deserved a beating.
Zhao Mei, who has been able to use her age advantage and her sister's majesty since she was a child, and is not afraid of power to beat up the three fat men of the Jiang family, there are probably not many people in the world who can bully him.
"Then what are Aunt Cousin worried about?" Jiang Feng looked confused.
"I don't know." Everyone said in unison.
"Brother Ran, tell me you will go to my uncle and grandpa's house to see Sister Meimei tomorrow. Will Sister Meimei be as fat as me?" Jiang Junlian asked.
"Not necessarily. I can't tell if you're fat or not." Jiang Ran wasn't sure.
"I heard that women's temperaments change dramatically when they are pregnant. If I see Sister Mei Mei tomorrow and she remembers that I stole all her cakes when I was a child, will she beat me up again in anger?" Jiang Zai De looked worried, "Should I run when the time comes, or should I stand there and let her beat me?"
"It's better to run. Sister Meimei is about to give birth. It's not advisable to have too much emotional fluctuations at this time. If I hit you too violently...Brother De, why don't you go tomorrow." Jiang Shoucheng suggested sincerely, "Or hide away when you see Sister Meimei."
Jiang Feng:...
Why does Brother De and Brother Cheng's way of caring for their sister sound so strange?
"You guys said that Sister Meimei is pregnant, will my cousin still stew meat tomorrow?" Jiang Feng soul asked. (End of chapter)